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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 17:42:27 -0700 From: Matthew Dempsky <matthew@...psky.org> To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com Subject: Adgregate ShopAd widget validation is vulnerable to replay attack Adgregate is a "TechCrunch 50" startup that recently signed a distribution deal with Google/DoubleClick [1]. As a service, they offer a "viral widget" intended to be hosted on untrusted third-party sites through which consumers can enter their credit card information. According to their website, they offer over 1.2 million products through this service. More details can be found at [2]. Consumers are able to validate that their data entry is secure by clicking on a "validate this widget" button within the widget. However, the widget proves itself by simply POSTing an (apparently) fixed (per ShopAd id) string to a fixed URL, which is trivially vulnerable to replay attacks. For example, see the (clearly bogus) widget at [3]. Of course, a more serious attacker would spend more time reproducing the look-and-feel of the adgregate widget. Here's the relevant HTML that fakes the validation functionality: <form method="POST" action="https://secure.adgregate.com/AuthenticWidget.aspx"> <input type="hidden" name="widgetvalid" value="1w23e4r5-ijhyffrd"> <input type="submit" value="Validate this ShopAd!"> </form> (Bob Ippolito first alerted me to this service and provided the above HTML form snippet.) [1] http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/06/adgregate-markets-scores-distribution-deal-with-googles-doubleclick/ [2] http://adgregate.com/web/demo/ [3] http://shinobi.dempsky.org/~matthew/adgregate.html
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